Yearly Archives: 2019

Some of the mosques in Istanbul reach out the sky while some others are hardly noticeable due to their small size. Some old churches had begun serving as mosques after the Ottomans conquered the...

Istanbul met Christianity in the 4th century, while, Paganism was dominant before.The first Christian churches are Havariyyun, Haghia Sophia and Haghia Eirene. Many churches had been built until the conquest of Istanbul. There the...

The famous Ottoman historian Evliya Celebi describes the Topkapi Palace (Topkapi Sarayi) as “the loveliest sultanate palace that human skill could have created. One can not help doing anything but ruling if living in...

Journey to the history of Pop his songs have been performed by many singers. And now legendary Paul Anka is in Istanbul!For more information about the Paul Anka concert on November 14Istanbul Golden Horn...

Hosting the Next in Corporate Travel 2011 conference, Turkish Airlines is bringing high level executives from Italy, Holland and Belgium together in Istanbul. NICT has already taken place in Istanbul October 21 to 23...

A temptation to travel Bulgaria to see the Monastery and its unique architectureTravel Bulgaria – The Rila Monastery – unity of spirituality, culture and nature…The Monastery has a unique architecture and takes about 8800 sq.m....

The trap was ingeniously contrived: a long rope fastened round a block of wood; lengthwise, at the place where the sawn panel had dis-appeared, was a spring-ring which Leiba held open with his left...

In a few moments, this same gimlet would cause the destruction of Leiba and his domestic hearth. The two executioners would hold the victim prostrate on the ground, and Gheorghe, with heel upon his...

His throat was parched. He was thirsty. He washed a small glass in a three-legged tub by the side of the bar and tried to pour some good brandy out of a decanter; but...

Then he had passed under the portico, and had listened at the top of the stone steps by the door which was secured with a bar of wood. He shook so that he could...